Here is what you need to know about Day 1 of camp, as a relatively mild August morning made for a beautiful start to football season.

>>> Jaelen Strong got off to, well, a strong start. In early wide receiving drills, he used one hand to snare a wobbly Tom Savage throw and earned a loud kudos from head coach Bill O’Brien, who rarely doles out such accolades to a rookie. The 3rd-round pick also impressed with his speed in 7-on-7 drills, showing off his leaner frame after dropping 20 pounds this offseason.

>>> There were a few mild surprises running with the first team at Saturday’s practice. C.J. Fiedorowicz (tight end), Andre Hal (safety) and Mike Mohamed (linebacker), and Nate Washington (WR) all took significant starting reps to open camp. O’Brien had complimentary things to say about each but noted that there’s a lot of mixing and matching with the units early in camp.

“Everybody’s repping with everybody else at this point… Different receivers and different backs work with different lines right now and it’s just about getting everybody on film,” O’Brien said.

>>> Jadeveon Clowney may still be on the Physically Unable to Perform list — for now — but he stayed plenty active on the first day of camp. He did agility drills and some endurance workouts on a far field early in practice before staying involved in the huddles and play calls in the practice’s latter half. He also found time to take a picture with strength and conditioning coach Craig Fitzgerald’s kid, punted a football and clowned around with teammates between drills.

>>> O’Brien was asked about the Cardinals and Bruce Arians hiring Dr. Jen Welter as the NFL’s first female assistant coach. Here was his response:

“I think it’s like [Arians] said. If someone, regardless of gender, can prove that they can be out here coaching and help the players get better, then who cares if it’s a male or female. It’s about making players better… Great opportunity for her. Again, if that’s something that ever happens here — if someone can prove and come in and interview and that woman is the best interview and we think that they are the best at making players better, it doesn’t matter. We’d do the same thing.”

>>> Savage was entirely shaky to open camp, and there doesn’t seem to be much chance for him to even get a look at the starting job. There was the poor throw to Strong, an INT in 7-on-7s, essentially taking a sack during that same set and making a slew of throws that wobbled and hung in the air too much. Despite the outing, O’Brien said all is not lost for Savage yet.

“Tom is a very improved player. I think even today, he came out and made some nice throws. Obviously, had a couple plays he wishes he could have back, just like everybody else out here. Anybody out here competing has a chance to be able to compete for a job.”

>>> Despite some high praise from O’Brien for the secondary, the receiving corps seemed to get the best of the cornerbacks for the majority of Saturday’s work. In the opening 7-on-7 sequence, DeAndre Hopkins snared a ball in tight quarters against Jonathan Joseph, igniting the early-morning crowd at the practice facility. Nate Washington, who was used extensively as the No. 2 WR option, bested A.J. Bouye on a deep go route in the end zone moments later. That fit with Brian Hoyer’s lofty words about the receivers after practice:

“Every guy comes out here, knows the system, competes really well,” Hoyer said. “It wasn’t just DeAndre or Nate or Cecil [Shorts III], we had guys all around making plays. When you have the depth like that, as quarterbacks it’s great… As a group, it’s one of the best groups I’ve been around from top to bottom… That’s definitely one of our strengths when it comes to our offense.

>>> Jeff Adams took a lot of reps at guard with the No. 1s. While the Columbia product is by no means a sure-thing starter, it’s a positive sign for the Texans’ depth along the line if he’s progressed this much by the start of camp. It’s hard to glean too much from offensive line performance this far from the season without everyone in pads. Still, it’s Adams’ versatility which ultimately might net him more game action in 2015.

“We’re mixing and matching with our offense line and playing different groups,” O’Brien said. “Jeff can play tackle and guard. He’s an example of a guy who can play a few positions well and a versatile talent, so we threw him in at guard today.”

]]>http://houston.cbslocal.com/2015/08/01/camp-confidential-day-one-aug-1/feed/0Mallett, Hoyer Settle In To Training Camp As Texans QB Situation Remains In Limbohttp://houston.cbslocal.com/2015/08/01/mallett-hoyer-settle-in-to-training-camp-as-texans-qb-situation-remains-in-limbo/
http://houston.cbslocal.com/2015/08/01/mallett-hoyer-settle-in-to-training-camp-as-texans-qb-situation-remains-in-limbo/#commentsSat, 01 Aug 2015 17:50:07 +0000chrisabshirehttp://houston.cbslocal.com/?p=318699Houston (CBS HOUSTON) – With the start of training camp, the competition for the Texans’ starting quarterback spot is just heating up and no closer to being resolved. Neither Ryan Mallett nor Brian Hoyer managed […]]]>Houston (CBS HOUSTON) – With the start of training camp, the competition for the Texans’ starting quarterback spot is just heating up and no closer to being resolved.

Neither Ryan Mallett nor Brian Hoyer managed any separation during the camp’s initial practice, with each roughly splitting reps with the first team.

Both made some nice throws, with Mallett teaming up for a beautiful back shoulder throw to tight end Garrett Graham while Hoyer connected with DeAndre Hopkins in 7-on-7 drills to really get the juices flowing early.

“It was a typical first day, getting into the swing of things with a pass rush there,” said head coach Bill O’Brien. “We’re throwing a lot at them, and I thought both guys made nice plays and had some they probably want back.

“Hopefully we can continue to have that going in the right direction — more good than bad.”

Neither guy seemed to be sweating the uncertainty on the unseasonably mild August morning, deferring to the coach’s decisions and only professing to “improvement” as the goal.

“Yeah, I’m competing against Ryan and Tom [Savage] but I’m also competing against myself and trying to be the best quarterback I can be,” Hoyer said. “The [competition] is something I’ve dealt with before and I did a good job handling it in the past and I’ll handle it the same way here.

Mallett wants a taste of the starting job again after starting twice last season but believes he’ll get ample opportunity to earn the spot despite the team signing Hoyer this offseason.

“I trust Bill O’Brien with my career, so I feel like I’m going to get a fair shot.”

]]>http://houston.cbslocal.com/2015/07/31/the-best-of-the-b-straw-pauly-g-show-game-night-2/feed/0John Harris Says The Texans Will Benefit If The Astros Make Playoffshttp://houston.cbslocal.com/2015/07/30/john-harris-says-the-texans-will-benefit-if-the-astros-make-playoffs/
http://houston.cbslocal.com/2015/07/30/john-harris-says-the-texans-will-benefit-if-the-astros-make-playoffs/#commentsFri, 31 Jul 2015 04:37:11 +0000andrewvpisanohttp://houston.cbslocal.com/?p=318564Texans All Access host and FootballTakeOver.com Publisher John Harris joined The B-Straw & Pauly G Show. Harris gave us his predictions for NCAA Football and explains why the Texans will be motivated by the Astros […]]]>

Texans All Access host and FootballTakeOver.com Publisher John Harris joined The B-Straw & Pauly G Show.

Harris gave us his predictions for NCAA Football and explains why the Texans will be motivated by the Astros making the playoffs.

]]>http://houston.cbslocal.com/2015/07/30/the-best-of-the-b-straw-pauly-g-show-6/feed/0Man With Prosthetic Leg Claims He Was Told To Stay Off Slides At Water Parkhttp://houston.cbslocal.com/2015/07/30/man-with-prosthetic-leg-claims-he-was-told-to-stay-off-slides-at-water-park/
http://houston.cbslocal.com/2015/07/30/man-with-prosthetic-leg-claims-he-was-told-to-stay-off-slides-at-water-park/#commentsThu, 30 Jul 2015 15:42:25 +0000meaghancorzinehttp://houston.cbslocal.com/?p=318458 A Texas man says he was told by employees to stay off the slides at a water park due to his prosthetic leg.]]>ABILENE, Texas (CBS Houston) — A Texas man says he was told by employees to stay off the slides at a water park due to his prosthetic leg.

Bryson Hurt, of Abilene, had his right leg removed below the knee when he was just 9 months old because of a birth defect, as reported by KTXS.

Hurt says he was at Splash Kingdom Waterpark in Weatherford celebrating his 7-year-old son’s birthday when an employee told him he couldn’t go down the slide because of his leg. He then walked back down from the slide platform and alerted a manager of the incident, noting that he had never had a problem while previously visiting other water parks.

“The manager said, ‘I don’t make the policy at other places, and I can’t explain to you why they let you go down their slides,’” Hurt told KTXS. “’I don’t make the rules here, but I do enforce them so you can either abide by them or leave,’” Hurt said, recalling what the manager told him.

Splash Kingdom Waterpark Spokesman Mickey Lewis released a statement on the prosthetic leg policy saying, “Any apparatus that has metal pieces protruding from it has the legitimate potential of damaging or scratching the riding surface. The next rider will follow a very similar path and have the potential for a very painful fiberglass cut.”

The prosthetic technician that built Hurt’s prosthetic leg says there’s nothing in it that would damage a tube or slide, in his opinion.

Hurt’s mother, Teresa Cannon, went to Facebook to post about painful experience, which has been shared more than 2,500 times.

“Splash Kingdom- Hudson Oaks… you have turned a beautiful day celebrating my grandsons birthday into one of the most heartbreaking days of my and my son’s life… We spent the rest of this day making excuses to my little grandson while he rode the slides with my husband, as to why his daddy couldn’t ride with him. I’m not sure how you got away with this but I promise you will hear from more than just this mom about this!” the post read, in part.

Hurt says he is appreciative of the support he’s received and hopes the incident will educate others.

“I definitely feel a lot of positivity from it,” Hurt said. “I definitely feel a lot people uniting, and I think that’s great.”

]]>http://houston.cbslocal.com/2015/07/30/man-with-prosthetic-leg-claims-he-was-told-to-stay-off-slides-at-water-park/feed/0Houston Neighborhood Says Drinking Water Filled With Wormshttp://houston.cbslocal.com/2015/07/30/houston-neighborhood-says-drinking-water-filled-with-worms/
http://houston.cbslocal.com/2015/07/30/houston-neighborhood-says-drinking-water-filled-with-worms/#commentsThu, 30 Jul 2015 12:50:54 +0000digitaleddiecbshttp://houston.cbslocal.com/?p=318430Residents of the Woodland Acres subdivision of Old River-Winfree say they are finding worms coming from their faucets.]]>HOUSTON (CBS Houston) – We’re told to drink lots of water to help beat the heat, but residents of a Houston suburb are finding something unwanted in their tap water.

“That’s worms! That is so worms!” Tammy Early, who lives in the Woodland Acres subdivision of Old River-Winfree, told KHOU-TV. “That’s just gross. Oh my God, I’m freaking out right now.”

Other neighbors are just as disgusted.

“There’s these red ones, there’s these black ones, almost look like tadpoles,” said Andrea Devault.

“This water was coming out of the bathroom faucet,” said Tara Miles, who held up a bottle of water with several worms floating inside.

About 30 residents went to J&S Water, the private company that provides water for the neighborhood.

They brought samples of worm-filled water they all said came from their faucets.

The company told KHOU that they did suffer a power outage over the weekend and some of its equipment broke.

Engineers flushed the system on Tuesday and the company advised customers to boil their water.

But the company says it tested the water several times and found no sign of worms. It’s blaming other sources for the worms, like the pipes.

But Tara Miles blames the water company.

“For the record, we have replaced our pipes over and over again and it is PVC pipe,” she said. “There’s nothing coming from our pipes.”

For now, residents plan to get by as best they can.

Old River-Winfree Mayor Joe Landry offered free bottled water and showers at a city facility. He says state environmental crews won’t be able to investigate until Friday.

]]>http://houston.cbslocal.com/2015/07/29/the-best-of-the-b-straw-pauly-g-show-5/feed/0Jon Singleton Says It Felt Great Hitting His First Homerun Of The Seasonhttp://houston.cbslocal.com/2015/07/29/jon-singleton-says-it-felt-great-hitting-his-first-homerun-of-the-season/
http://houston.cbslocal.com/2015/07/29/jon-singleton-says-it-felt-great-hitting-his-first-homerun-of-the-season/#commentsThu, 30 Jul 2015 04:01:11 +0000andrewvpisanohttp://houston.cbslocal.com/?p=318397Houston Astros 1st Baseman Jon Singleton joined B-Straw & Pauly G to talk about improving in the minors and getting back into 1st place in the division.]]>

Houston Astros 1st Baseman Jon Singleton joined B-Straw & Pauly G to talk about improving in the minors and getting back into 1st place in the division.

]]>http://houston.cbslocal.com/2015/07/29/jon-singleton-says-it-felt-great-hitting-his-first-homerun-of-the-season/feed/0Brian Cushing “This Is The Best I’ve Felt In A Long Time”http://houston.cbslocal.com/2015/07/29/brian-cushing-this-is-the-best-ive-felt-in-a-long-time/
http://houston.cbslocal.com/2015/07/29/brian-cushing-this-is-the-best-ive-felt-in-a-long-time/#commentsThu, 30 Jul 2015 02:11:51 +0000andrewvpisanohttp://houston.cbslocal.com/?p=318387Texans Linebacker Brian Cushing joined B-Straw & Pauly G to talk about his health, training camp, and the expectations for this coming season.]]>

Texans Linebacker Brian Cushing joined B-Straw & Pauly G to talk about his health, training camp, and the expectations for this coming season.

]]>http://houston.cbslocal.com/2015/07/29/brian-cushing-this-is-the-best-ive-felt-in-a-long-time/feed/0Texas Attorney General: Office Has Received More Planned Parenthood Videoshttp://houston.cbslocal.com/2015/07/29/texas-attorney-general-office-has-received-more-planned-parenthood-videos/
http://houston.cbslocal.com/2015/07/29/texas-attorney-general-office-has-received-more-planned-parenthood-videos/#commentsWed, 29 Jul 2015 20:30:23 +0000meaghancorzinehttp://houston.cbslocal.com/?p=318377Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said Wednesday that his office has received video taken in a Planned Parenthood clinic he says is consistent with other stealthily recorded footage that has Republicans again taking on the biggest abortion provider in the U.S.]]>AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said Wednesday that his office has received video taken in a Planned Parenthood clinic he says is consistent with other stealthily recorded footage that has Republicans again taking on the biggest abortion provider in the U.S.

While testifying before a committee of Texas lawmakers, Paxton would not divulge details or discuss how his office got the footage, which has not been publicly released.

He also didn’t specify where the video was filmed, but Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast says actors pretending to be from a health research company toured its Houston clinic in April and talked to staff members. Melaney Linton, president of that clinic, said in written testimony that one individual was shown an area where tissue is processed after an abortion. She said the video “will be difficult for many people to see.”

But Linton said the clinic did not break any laws and defended skipping the hearing by the Texas Health and Human Services Committee.

“This committee has made it abundantly clear that it has no desire to hold a responsible, fair, fact-driven hearing. It is clear that this committee cares more about political gamesmanship than the truth,” Linton said in a statement.

The unveiling of other covertly recorded videos released this month by an anti-abortion group, showing Planned Parenthood officials discussing procedures for obtaining tissue from aborted fetuses for research, has put the organization on the defensive. Texas is among a handful of Republican-controlled states that have launched investigations, while GOP leaders in the U.S. Senate say they will vote to bar federal aid to Planned Parenthood.

According to Linton, Planned Parenthood expects that the new video could show actors pretending to be from a company called BioMax. She said leading questions were asked about how to select potential donors for a supposed study of sickle cell anemia, a disease “known to be racially linked, apparently seeking to create a misleading impression.”

Linton also said there could be several interactions initiated by BioMax about how and whether a doctor could adjust an abortion if the patient has offered to donate tissue for medical research. She said Planned Parenthood believes the videos, when released, will be manipulated.

Legislators who have seen the video said Paxton’s office made them sign non-disclosure agreements.

Republicans scolded Planned Parenthood for shunning the invitation to testify to Texas lawmakers.

Paxton says his office has launched both a criminal and civil investigation into Planned Parenthood but offered few details. He said one area could focus on potential deceptive trade practices.

Pressed for a timeline, Paxton only signaled that it might be too optimistic to expect the investigation to be finished within the next month.

But the new attorney general, like many elected Republicans in Texas, is an unabashed opponent of Planned Parenthood. On Tuesday, the attorney general’s office promoted Paxton’s chief of staff as a speaker at an anti-Planned Parenthood rally at the Texas Capitol.

Anti-abortion activists, under the banner of the previously obscure Center for Medical Progress, released multiple videos secretly recorded in 2014 and 2015 by people posing as buyers of fetal tissue. Planned Parenthood calls the groups extremists and says the videos were deceptively edited.

“At a minimum, the people involved project a cold, calculating, almost inhuman indifference to the lives they treat as a product they’re attempting to sell,” Paxton said. “At worst, they may represent a violation of state and federal laws.”

Planned Parenthood has said that its Texas affiliates do not participate in fetal tissue donation. Cecile Richards, Planned Parenthood’s president and daughter of former Texas Gov. Ann Richards, has apologized for the “tone and statements” in the video but her organization has said it has done nothing illegal or improper.

Texas health officials, who were also called to testify at the hearing, said state investigators over the past several years have received complaints about improper disposal of fetal issue at abortion clinics but never substantiated any of the allegations.

Copyright 2015 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

]]>http://houston.cbslocal.com/2015/07/29/texas-attorney-general-office-has-received-more-planned-parenthood-videos/feed/1JCPenney’s Employee Claims She Was Sent Home For Wearing ‘Too Revealing’ Shorts She Bought In Store’s Career Sectionhttp://houston.cbslocal.com/2015/07/29/jcpenneys-sylva-stoel-shorts/
http://houston.cbslocal.com/2015/07/29/jcpenneys-sylva-stoel-shorts/#commentsWed, 29 Jul 2015 16:54:46 +0000Matt Higginshttp://houston.cbslocal.com/?p=318354A JCPenney’s employee from South Dakota is claiming she was sent home for wearing “too revealing” shorts, even though she bought them in the store’s career section.]]>SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (CBS Houston) — A JCPenney’s employee from South Dakota is claiming she was sent home for wearing shorts that were “too revealing,” even though she bought them in the store’s career section.

Sylva Stoel, 17, posted on Twitter last week that her boss from JCPenney’s sent her home for wearing the shorts.

He asked how long it'd take for me to go home & change. I said "idk probably the whole day" I'm not coming back

“I didn’t expect it to happen, but I wasn’t surprised – there’s been a lot of talk about unfair dress codes affecting women, and it was in the back of my mind that this could happen,” she said.

Stoel added that JCPenney’s never informed her that she wasn’t allowed to wear shorts to work.

“They never said ‘no shorts’ at orientation. I never even got a handbook or anything. The manager was asked, and she said, ‘No tank tops, spaghetti straps, absolutely no denim, and no t-shirts,’” Stoel explained to PEOPLE. “And when asked for clarification she said, ‘Nothing that you’re falling out of.’ So I thought, ‘I’m not falling out of these shorts.’”

JCPenney said in a statement that store associates are prohibited from wearing shorts.

“JCPenney’s dress code policy for store associates prohibits the wearing of shorts of any length,” the store told PEOPLE. “This policy applies to both male and female associates. We have reached out to the associate who blogged about this policy, but she has not returned our telephone calls thus far.”

Chickens that receive a vaccination against a strand of Herpes potentially allow unvaccinated birds in the same vicinity to catch a deadlier version of the same virus, as reported by LiveScience.

The effect has been documented for only one bird virus so far, but researchers say a similar effect with human vaccines is a possibility. Experts say the evolution of a virus into a deadlier strain would only be possible if those who are vaccinated can still spread a disease, regardless if they have symptoms of the disease.

Andrew Read, study co-author and Pennsylvania State University disease ecologist, says the new research actually provides an even stronger reason for patients to get vaccinated. Read says if human vaccines are able to evolve diseases into deadlier forms, it’s even more important that individuals be protected from those deadly strains.

For the study, Read and his team analyzed the course of a disease called Marek’s virus. Marek’s disease typically kills a chicken in about two months and causes one side-paralysis in the animal. If the disease evolves into a deadlier strain it can cause unvaccinated chicks to become quickly disoriented and paralyzed, capable of killing the chicks in just about a week, according to researchers.

The vaccine that fights the disease stops the development of symptoms, but Read says even vaccinated chicks can get the virus and spread it if the virus is circulating in the flock. The team found that vaccination of chicks lead to a deadlier version of the virus that killed unvaccinated chickens at a faster rate.

Researchers explain that chickens exposed to the deadlier strains can still spread it to other chicks through the virus in their dander. The deadly strain would typically kill the chicks before transmission, but the vaccine allows a period of time for it to be passed along, researchers say.

Experts say that while the study highlights notable concerns, more research is needed to strengthen the findings.

“I’d be wary of extrapolating too far into other systems,” Joanne Devlin, a veterinary virologist at the University of Melbourne in Australia, told LiveScience. “We use vaccines a lot differently in humans than we do in animals, and the vaccines themselves are different.”

Read notes that the effect in chickens could be partially due to “leaky vaccines,” which reduce symptoms, but still allow for others to be infected by the virus. While leaky vaccines are common among animals, most human vaccines are not and offer more protection to stop the transmission of the disease.

However, some of the newer vaccines, including whooping cough, malaria, and HIV vaccines, are leaky which gives medical officials a reason to investigate further into the study’s findings.

What’s “not clear is how far this result generalizes — if it did generalize to most other vaccines, there could be serious ramifications,” James Bull, a biologist at the University of Texas at Austin, who was not involved in the current study, told LiveScience.

Read said that further research and follow-up studies are needed to test whether leaky human vaccines are capable of spreading deadlier disease strains, as they did in animals.

]]>http://houston.cbslocal.com/2015/07/29/study-leaky-vaccines-may-cause-viruses-to-evolve-into-deadlier-forms/feed/0Altuve’s Career-High 5 RBI Help Astros Handle Angels, 10-5http://houston.cbslocal.com/2015/07/28/altuves-career-high-5-rbi-help-astros-handle-angels-10-5/
http://houston.cbslocal.com/2015/07/28/altuves-career-high-5-rbi-help-astros-handle-angels-10-5/#commentsWed, 29 Jul 2015 03:32:07 +0000chrisabshirehttp://houston.cbslocal.com/?p=318318The series that is also a battle for the top spot in the American League West is off to a funky start. The Astros surely have no complaints. Jose Altuve drove in a career-high five […]]]>The series that is also a battle for the top spot in the American League West is off to a funky start.

The Astros surely have no complaints.

Jose Altuve drove in a career-high five runs, Evan Gattis legged out his seventh triple and Collin McHugh survived a rough outing to last five innings as the Astros essentially evened the standings up with a wacky 10-5 win over the Angels on Tuesday night in Minute Maid Park.

“If you’re able to drive those runs in against the Angels with first place on the line, it has to be a good night,” Altuve said.

Carlos Correa and Chris Carter each added a home run as Houston ousted Angels starter C.J. Wilson in 4+ innings of work.

Even some baserunning gaffes couldn’t slow Altuve down. He was twice caught trying to stretch a RBI single into a double, but the second time ultimately benefitted the Astros.

With runners on first and second in the fourth and the Angels up 5-4, Altuve singled up the middle and Hank Conger tried to score from second.

A throw from centerfield was cut off, even though Conger might have been out at the plate, and Altuve facilitated a bungled rundown long enough to allow Jake Marisnick to score all the way from first.

“As soon as I turned around and saw the first baseman catch the ball, I knew I’d be out,” Altuve said. “So [I waved Marisnick] and said you gotta go. I think that was a big run for us, and he just ran hard all the way.”

It was that kind of night in Minute Maid, as the top two teams in the division often took turns crushing bad pitching and scrambling on the basepaths.

“It was already a weird game by the second or third inning,” Hinch said.

It felt like something was in the water in Texas for baseball on Tuesday night, as the Yankees also lit up the scoreboard while beating the Rangers, 21-5, a few hours up the road.

Altuve capped off his night with a two-run double in the sixth that doubled the Houston lead to 9-5, scoring Conger, who had a 2-for-3 night while scoring three runs.

Gattis added an insurance run moments later, blasting a ball off the left-center field wall and hauling to third for an incredible seventh triple before August. That’s already tied for the most three-baggers in a season for an Astro since Michael Bourn had seven in 2011.

“Yeah, it’s hilarious,” the burly Gattis said. “I joked about it during spring like, ‘Do I look fast?’ But it’s been a ton of fun.”

McHugh moved to 12-5 on the season despite his worst performance in more than six weeks. The Angels hit everything early on, scoring a pair of runs in each of the opening two frames to grab a 4-1 lead.

He mostly settled in just as the offense was getting started.

Carter boomed a two-run opposite-field homer in the second and Altuve followed with a RBI double to erase that early advantage.

Correa’s solo home run in the first inning was his ninth in 42 games, the most for any American League shortstop so far across the entire 2015 season. He went 3-for-4 to lift his batting average to just shy of .300 at .299.

“Power is something I knew I had, and when I was in the Minor Leagues, I was doing some mechanical stuff that helped me a lot to have more power now,” he said.

McHugh ultimately got the ball to the bullpen in good position, leaving with a 6-5 advantage and a night emblematic of his season. His ERA is up to 4.43 but the Astros give him 4.75 runs per game in run support, good for 18th in the Majors.

“It was probably the ugliest pitcher’s win you’ll see and one of the prettiest team wins,” McHugh said. “Everything besides what I did today, we did extraordinarily well.”

It’s that kind of offense that stole the show from some of the early pitching woes on Tuesday night and continues to impress since the All-Star break. Houston is averaging 5.3 runs per game in 10 games after the Midsummer Classic.

To keep their footing at the top of the division, the Astros will likely have to contend with Mike Trout, who missed Tuesday’s game with a sore right wrist.

Lance McCullers, Jr. gets the ball for Wednesday’s game, which will be nationally televised on ESPN.

“Especially with this type of series of series and the hype surrounding it, division rivals and all, this win is huge,” Conger said.

“I’m really excited for tomorrow, though, because that’s a power matchup for us.”

]]>http://houston.cbslocal.com/2015/07/28/altuves-career-high-5-rbi-help-astros-handle-angels-10-5/feed/1Children Suffer Third-Degree Sunburns At Oklahoma Daycarehttp://houston.cbslocal.com/2015/07/28/children-suffer-third-degree-sunburns-at-oklahoma-daycare/
http://houston.cbslocal.com/2015/07/28/children-suffer-third-degree-sunburns-at-oklahoma-daycare/#commentsTue, 28 Jul 2015 18:43:46 +0000meaghancorzinehttp://houston.cbslocal.com/?p=318280An Oklahoma mother is looking for answers after she says her two sons were severely sunburned while attending a local daycare.]]>VINITA, Oklahoma (CBS Houston)– An Oklahoma mother is looking for answers after she says her two sons were severely sunburned while attending a local daycare.

Shaunna Broadway says her 5 and 7-year-old sons were allowed to play outside without shirts or suncreen while in the care of “Happiness Is A Learning Center” staff, as reported by CBS News.

Broadway says her children were crying in pain when they got home and had multiple large, irritated blisters on their backs and shoulders.

“They didn’t put no sunscreen on them and no shirt and when I asked them about it, they claimed they were out of sunscreen and that they told the kids to put on their shirts, but they didn’t want to leave them on,” Broadway CBS affiliate KOTV.

Too much unprotected time in the sun is typically associated with sunburns that leave a red or pinkish color on the skin, but the sun is also capable of causing severe burns that lead to painful blistering.

The mother of the boys says they were sent home from two different hospitals with pain medication and cream, but her sons continued to suffer immense pain.

“Then things got worse, especially with my oldest one. He started to started to complain of chest pains and not being able to breathe and his chest started swelling,” she said.

Broadway says after that medical officials told her the boys needed to be life-flighted to a Texas hospital that has a children’s facility specializing in burns.

Vinita police say a report was filed Sunday. Officials say seven other children were also at the daycare and did not get burned, indicating that there could be “more to the story.”

“Right’s right, and wrong’s wrong, and there’s no excuse for this,” Broadway said. “I’m a single parent, and I do all I can. I work Monday through Friday, and they have to go to daycare. I don’t have the luxury to just have somebody that I can just have watch them outside daycare.”

The daycare had no comment when reached by KOTV.

The children are currently recovering in the Texas hospital where they are expected to remain for the week. DHS and the Vinita Police Department are currently investigating.

]]>http://houston.cbslocal.com/2015/07/28/children-suffer-third-degree-sunburns-at-oklahoma-daycare/feed/1Police: Texas Pastor Shoots Burglary Suspect At Churchhttp://houston.cbslocal.com/2015/07/28/police-texas-pastor-shoots-burglary-suspect-at-church/
http://houston.cbslocal.com/2015/07/28/police-texas-pastor-shoots-burglary-suspect-at-church/#commentsTue, 28 Jul 2015 16:09:02 +0000meaghancorzinehttp://houston.cbslocal.com/?p=318256Police say a pastor at a Houston-area church has shot a burglary suspect.]]>BAYTOWN, Texas (CBS Houston/AP) — Police say a pastor at a Houston-area church has shot a burglary suspect.

Baytown police say the shooting happened around dawn Tuesday and the wounded man was transported to a hospital. His condition wasn’t immediately released.

CBS News reports Pastor Benny Holmes was sleeping in his office around 6 a.m. when he heard the alleged intruder. The minister then armed himself and shot the suspect, according to Assistant Chief Roger Clifford.

“He retrieved his pistol, he went to investigate, and basically he saw the suspect leaving with some electrical equipment,” Clifford said.

Officers converged on the Church of New Beginnings in Baytown, about 20 miles east of Houston, following reports of gunfire.

This is not Holmes’ first time making headlines. In September 2014, he caught a 52-year-old women allegedly stealing a package from his porch, then held the woman at gunpoint until police arrived, according to CBS News.

]]>http://houston.cbslocal.com/2015/07/28/police-texas-pastor-shoots-burglary-suspect-at-church/feed/0Experts: Sandra Bland May Have Used Marijuana While In Custodyhttp://houston.cbslocal.com/2015/07/28/experts-sandra-bland-marijuana-jail/
http://houston.cbslocal.com/2015/07/28/experts-sandra-bland-marijuana-jail/#commentsTue, 28 Jul 2015 13:35:53 +0000Matt Higginshttp://houston.cbslocal.com/?p=318237An initial toxicology report for Sandra Bland raises the possibility that she may have used marijuana while in custody, two experts said.]]>HEMPSTEAD, Texas (AP) — An initial toxicology report for Sandra Bland, who died in a Texas jail cell three days after her arrest during a traffic stop, raises the possibility that she may have used marijuana while in custody, two experts said.

The amount of THC, one of the active components of marijuana, in Bland’s system was 18 micrograms per liter, according to the report released Monday. That’s more than three times the legal limit for drivers in Colorado and Washington, states that permit the recreational use of marijuana.

“I don’t think it’s possible to rule out the possibility of use while in jail,” said University of Florida toxicology professor Bruce Goldberger, who reviewed the report for The Associated Press. Bland was impaired by marijuana at the time of her death, Goldberger said.

Bland, a black 28-year-old from suburban Chicago, was found dead in the Waller County jail on July 13. Authorities have said Bland hanged herself with a garbage bag, a finding that her family disputes. She was in custody after a traffic stop for failing to use a turn signal escalated into a physical confrontation with a white state trooper.

Robert Johnson, chief toxicologist at the Tarrant County medical examiner’s office in Fort Worth, Texas, told the AP that a THC level as high as Bland’s suggests she “either had access to the drug in jail or she was a consistent user of the drug and her body had accumulated THC to the point that it was slowly releasing it over time.”

But, Johnson added, “I have never seen a report in the literature or from any other source of residual THC that high three days after someone stops using the drug.”

Goldberger, who is also the president of the American Board of Forensic Toxicology, said Bland had a “remarkably high concentration” of THC for someone who had been in jail for three days.

He noted that while chronic users who stop using the drug will have higher concentrations than non- chronic users, “the concentrations do not persist at this level, at least in my opinion.” He defined chronic as someone who uses cannabis daily, sometimes repeatedly.

Waller County District Attorney Elton Mathis declined to comment Monday on the toxicology report, saying final findings were still being prepared.

However, one of his prosecutors, Warren Diepraam, said last week that he wouldn’t rule out the drug being smuggled into the jail.

“It may be relevant as to her state of mind to determine what happened on the street,” Diepraam said. “It may be relevant to her state of mind to determine how or why she committed suicide.”

Meanwhile on Monday, it was announced that a committee of outside attorneys will assist Mathis in investigating Bland’s death.

“I don’t know if we’ll ever get an answer to all the questions,” said attorney Lewis White of Sugar Land, one of the committee members. “But our job is to get answers. There are going to be answers some people don’t like.”

The panel will have full access to all evidence in the case and the authority to subpoena witnesses, according to White and another member of the committee, attorney Darrell Jordan of Houston.

The committee will make recommendations on possible criminal charges to Mathis, White said. If Mathis disagrees with them, the lawyers on the panel will have the authority to present their findings to the grand jury reviewing Bland’s death, he said.

Two other lawyers are expected to be appointed soon. Both White and Jordan are black, and will be dealing with a case that has received international scrutiny and questions about whether Bland was treated differently due to her race.

The Texas Rangers and the FBI are both reviewing the case. Jordan said he hoped to “provide another set of eyes” and credited Mathis for opening up the investigation to extra scrutiny.

]]>http://houston.cbslocal.com/2015/07/28/experts-sandra-bland-marijuana-jail/feed/0Taylor Swift Moves Up Minute Maid Concert To Avoid Astros Playoff Conflicthttp://houston.cbslocal.com/2015/07/27/taylor-swift-moves-up-minute-maid-concert-to-avoid-astros-playoff-conflict/
http://houston.cbslocal.com/2015/07/27/taylor-swift-moves-up-minute-maid-concert-to-avoid-astros-playoff-conflict/#commentsMon, 27 Jul 2015 17:47:37 +0000webbieghhttp://houston.cbslocal.com/?p=318184The Houston Astros won't have to worry about angering thousands of Taylor Swift fans by cancelling her concert if they make the postseason for the first time in a decade.]]>Houston (CBS HOUSTON) – The Houston Astros won’t have to worry about angering thousands of Taylor Swift fans by cancelling her concert if they make the postseason for the first time in a decade. It was announced that Swift’s concert at Minute Maid Park will move from October 9th to September 9th to avoid any conflict for both parties.

And press release by the Astros said that the 1989 World Tour for Taylor was moved as: “Astros proactively prepare for potential postseason play, we are committed to ensuring Taylor Swift fans can experience this concert at Minute Maid Park, with as much notice as possible.”

The Astros currently sit one game back of the Los Angeles Angles of Anaheim in the AL West and currently lead the Wild Card by two games. The team currently has an 82% chance of making the postseason.

Original tickets to the October 9th date will still be valid for the new date on September 9th, and refunds are available if the new date does not work for any fan trying to make the game.

]]>http://houston.cbslocal.com/2015/07/27/taylor-swift-moves-up-minute-maid-concert-to-avoid-astros-playoff-conflict/feed/0Jindal Threatens To Arrest Westboro Baptist Members Who Protest Funerals Of Movie Theater Shooting Victimshttp://houston.cbslocal.com/2015/07/27/jindal-threatens-to-arrest-westboro-baptist-members-who-protest-funerals-of-movie-theater-shooting-victims/
http://houston.cbslocal.com/2015/07/27/jindal-threatens-to-arrest-westboro-baptist-members-who-protest-funerals-of-movie-theater-shooting-victims/#commentsMon, 27 Jul 2015 17:39:32 +0000meaghancorzinehttp://houston.cbslocal.com/?p=318175Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal says any members of the Westboro Baptist Church will face arrest if they protest the funerals of the two women killed in a Lafayette movie theater shooting last week. ]]>LAFAYETTE, La. (CBS Houston) — Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal says any members of the Westboro Baptist Church will face arrest if they protest the funerals of the two women killed in a Lafayette movie theater shooting last week.

In an interview on CBS’ “Face the Nation,” Jindal emphasized that the victims’ families should be able to grieve in peace.

Westboro Church is notorious for protesting and disrupting the funerals of soldiers and mass shooting victims, persisting that it was God’s plan for them to die.

“Let me be very clear. If they come here to Louisiana, if they try to disrupt this funeral, we’re going to lock them up. We’re going to arrest them,” Jindal told “Face the Nation.”

Jindal also noted the 59-year-old gunman, John Russell Houser, should have never had access to purchasing a gun given his history of mental illness. Houser legally purchased the gun in Alabama last year before fatally shooting two people and himself in a movie theater screening of the film“Trainwreck.”

“They better not try that nonsense here,” Jindal added in reference to the protesters.

Investigators found Houser previously engaged in right-wing extremist Internet forums, advising people not to underestimate “the power of the lone wolf.” The Southern Poverty Law Center spotted Houser registering with hate groups as early as 2005. The gunman’s motive behind last week’s tragedy remains unknown.

]]>http://houston.cbslocal.com/2015/07/27/jindal-threatens-to-arrest-westboro-baptist-members-who-protest-funerals-of-movie-theater-shooting-victims/feed/0Spoiler Alert: Whole ‘Lotta Nothinghttp://houston.cbslocal.com/2015/07/27/spoiler-alert-whole-lotta-nothing/
http://houston.cbslocal.com/2015/07/27/spoiler-alert-whole-lotta-nothing/#commentsMon, 27 Jul 2015 17:11:16 +0000Paul Gallanthttp://houston.cbslocal.com/?p=318150Paul Gallant and Jim Mudd try to make sense of the many sub-plots on "True Detective". Plus, they discuss Netflix shows "Daredevil" & "Bloodline".]]>Paul Gallant and Jim Mudd proudly present “Spoiler Alert”, the podcast that breaks down the top shows on television. You can catch the latest episode every Thursday on SportsRadio610.com.

On the latest episode, Paul & Jim begin the podcast recapping Sunday’s True Detective: “Church in Ruins”. They try to make sense out of the many sub-plots, and wonder how many of them will actually matter with just two episodes left. Show writer Nic Pizzolatto is “showing off” signs of A.D.D., that’s for damn sure.

After sifting through that confusing show, the duo discuss two Netflix shows: Daredevil and Bloodline. After watching 3 episodes of each, they’ve found they like the former, but LOVE the latter. They’ll watch 3 more episodes of each show for next week’s podcast.

Speaking to CNN on Sunday, the former Texas governor says people who have been appropriately trained should be allowed to carry firearms.

“I will suggest to you that these concepts of gun-free zones are a bad idea,” Perry told CNN. “I think that you allow the citizens of this country, who have appropriately trained, appropriately backgrounded, know how to handle and use firearms, to carry them. I believe that, with all my heart, that if you have the citizens who are well trained, and particularly in these places that are considered to be gun-free zones, that we can stop that type of activity, or stop it before there’s as many people that are impacted as what we saw in Lafayette.”

John Russell Houser – who had a history of mental problems – killed two people, and wounded nine others, before turning the gun on himself at the Grand 16 movie theater in Lafayette last week.

Perry stated that it would make a lot of sense to allow patrons to bring guns to movie theaters.

“I think that it makes a lot of sense to send a message across this country,” he said. “If we believe in the Second Amendment, and we believe in people’s right to protect themselves and defend themselves, and their families.”

Perry added that there’s been a failure to enforce gun laws.

“I think we have the laws in place. Enforcement of those laws is what seems to be lacking, both in Charleston and here in Lafayette, Louisiana,” he told CNN. “We see individuals who are obviously mentally impacted. These are individuals who I think that somewhere, somebody didn’t do their job in the standpoint of enforcing the laws.”

Despite obvious and public signs of mental illness — most importantly, a Georgia judge’s order committing him to mental health treatment against his will as a danger to himself and others in 2008 — Houser was able to walk into an Alabama pawn shop six years later and buy a .40-caliber handgun.

Court records reviewed by The Associated Press strongly suggest Houser should have been reported to the state and federal databases used to keep people with serious mental illnesses from buying firearms, legal experts said.

“It sure does seem like something failed,” said Judge Susan Tate, who presides over a probate court in Athens, Georgia, and has studied issues relating to weapons and the mentally ill. “I have no idea how he was able to get a firearm.”

Houser never should have been able to buy a gun, said Sheriff Heath Taylor in Russell County, Alabama, whose office denied him a concealed weapons permit in 2006 based on arson and domestic violence allegations, even though the victims declined to pursue charges.

Houser racked up plenty of complaints, but no evidence has surfaced of any criminal conviction that would have kept him from passing the background check required for many gun purchases. Federal law does generally prohibit the purchase or possession of a firearm by anyone who has ever been involuntarily committed for mental health treatment.

That’s what happened to Houser in 2008 after his family accused him of threatening behavior, warning authorities that he had a history of bipolar disorder and was making ominous statements. His wife removed his guns and together, the family persuaded a judge to issue a protective order keeping him away once he left the hospital .

At that point, court officials should have reported Houser’s involuntary mental commitment to the Georgia database that feeds the FBI’s background check system, which provides for a delay of up to three days when records suggest a buyer may be ineligible.

When Houser tried to buy his gun on Feb. 26, 2014, the system only briefly delayed his purchase, according to a federal official who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the ongoing investigation. The seller was advised the following day that the sale could proceed.

It was Carroll County Probate Judge Betty Cason who authorized authorities to detain Houser in 2008, according to court records. Her court also issued the order involuntarily committing Houser to the West Central Regional Hospital in Columbus, according to legal filings from an attorney representing Houser’s wife and other family members.

Judge Tate, who was not involved in Houser’s case, said an involuntarily commitment order normally prompts a judge to file a report with the Georgia Crime Information Center, which keeps about 5,000 records on people who cannot buy guns because they have been judged insane, involuntarily hospitalized or legally depend on someone else to manage their affairs. Those state records feed the FBI’s database.

It was not clear Saturday whether Cason filed such a report. She did not return a phone message seeking comment.

A month after Houser bought the gun last year, the family that bought his foreclosed home filed suit to evict him. By May 2014, a judge ordered him out.

Houser finally left, but only after tampering with the gas lines, throwing paint and pouring concrete in the plumbing, among other vandalism, the sheriff said. But no charges were filed.

This March, Kellie Houser finally filed for divorce, saying their relationship was irretrievably broken and his whereabouts were unknown. He called her the next week, threatening her again, she wrote in a court document.

Then, she got a call from Houser’s mother, saying he had threatened to kill himself outside his mother’s retirement community if she didn’t give him money. She wrote that she urged the mother to seek have him hospitalized again. Instead, police said, the woman gave her son $5,000.

Houser kept writing on right-wing extremist message boards after leaving Alabama. He praised Adolf Hitler and advised people not to underestimate “the power of the lone wolf,” according to the Southern Poverty Law Center, the hate-group watchdog that tracked Houser since 2005, when he registered to meet with former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke.

]]>http://houston.cbslocal.com/2015/07/27/perry-guns-movie-theaters/feed/0Two Brothers Drown In Family’s Swimming Pool After Becoming Entangled In Tenthttp://houston.cbslocal.com/2015/07/27/two-brothers-drown-in-familys-swimming-pool-after-becoming-entangled-in-tent/
http://houston.cbslocal.com/2015/07/27/two-brothers-drown-in-familys-swimming-pool-after-becoming-entangled-in-tent/#commentsMon, 27 Jul 2015 15:14:08 +0000Matt Higginshttp://houston.cbslocal.com/?p=318149Houston police say two brothers drowned in the family's swimming pool when they became entangled in a tent that also went in the water.]]>HOUSTON (CBS Houston/AP) — Houston police say two brothers drowned in the family’s swimming pool when they became entangled in a tent that also went in the water.

Police say the boys were left with a nanny while their mother ran errands. A police statement says the boys apparently were playing with the tent when they ended up in the water, along with the camping gear.

KPRC-TV reports that their 12-year-old sister ran to a Harris County Constable deputy for help.

The mother found the victims when she returned home. The nanny and a security guard at the subdivision helped pull the children from the pool.

Houston police did not immediately say how the boys became caught in the tent.

“Well, these are sick people. I mean, these are very, very sick people. This has nothing to do with guns. This has to do with the mentality of these people,” the Republican presidential candidate told CNN. “First of all, I’m a big Second Amendment person. I believe in it so strongly. You need protection. You need protection against the bad ones that have the guns.”

John Russell Houser – who had a history of mental problems – killed two people before turning the gun on himself at the Grand 16 movie theater in Lafayette last week.

Trump called Houser “a very sick puppy.”

“I think that, if a person is mentally ill and it’s proven and documented, you have to be extremely careful not to let them kill people. You have to be careful,” Trump told CNN. “Frankly, he should be committed. I mean, you should a person like that, because he has the kind of a record where he should be in … an institution. He was a very sick puppy. There’s no question about it.”

Despite obvious and public signs of mental illness — most importantly, a Georgia judge’s order committing him to mental health treatment against his will as a danger to himself and others in 2008 — Houser was able to walk into an Alabama pawn shop six years later and buy a .40-caliber handgun.

Court records reviewed by The Associated Press strongly suggest Houser should have been reported to the state and federal databases used to keep people with serious mental illnesses from buying firearms, legal experts said.

“It sure does seem like something failed,” said Judge Susan Tate, who presides over a probate court in Athens, Georgia, and has studied issues relating to weapons and the mentally ill. “I have no idea how he was able to get a firearm.”

Houser never should have been able to buy a gun, said Sheriff Heath Taylor in Russell County, Alabama, whose office denied him a concealed weapons permit in 2006 based on arson and domestic violence allegations, even though the victims declined to pursue charges.

Houser racked up plenty of complaints, but no evidence has surfaced of any criminal conviction that would have kept him from passing the background check required for many gun purchases. Federal law does generally prohibit the purchase or possession of a firearm by anyone who has ever been involuntarily committed for mental health treatment.

That’s what happened to Houser in 2008 after his family accused him of threatening behavior, warning authorities that he had a history of bipolar disorder and was making ominous statements. His wife removed his guns and together, the family persuaded a judge to issue a protective order keeping him away once he left the hospital.

At that point, court officials should have reported Houser’s involuntary mental commitment to the Georgia database that feeds the FBI’s background check system, which provides for a delay of up to three days when records suggest a buyer may be ineligible.

When Houser tried to buy his gun on Feb. 26, 2014, the system only briefly delayed his purchase, according to a federal official who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the ongoing investigation. The seller was advised the following day that the sale could proceed.

It was Carroll County Probate Judge Betty Cason who authorized authorities to detain Houser in 2008, according to court records. Her court also issued the order involuntarily committing Houser to the West Central Regional Hospital in Columbus, according to legal filings from an attorney representing Houser’s wife and other family members.

Judge Tate, who was not involved in Houser’s case, said an involuntarily commitment order normally prompts a judge to file a report with the Georgia Crime Information Center, which keeps about 5,000 records on people who cannot buy guns because they have been judged insane, involuntarily hospitalized or legally depend on someone else to manage their affairs. Those state records feed the FBI’s database.

It was not clear Saturday whether Cason filed such a report. She did not return a phone message seeking comment.

A month after Houser bought the gun last year, the family that bought his foreclosed home filed suit to evict him. By May 2014, a judge ordered him out.

Houser finally left, but only after tampering with the gas lines, throwing paint and pouring concrete in the plumbing, among other vandalism, the sheriff said. But no charges were filed.

This March, Kellie Houser finally filed for divorce, saying their relationship was irretrievably broken and his whereabouts were unknown. He called her the next week, threatening her again, she wrote in a court document.

Then, she got a call from Houser’s mother, saying he had threatened to kill himself outside his mother’s retirement community if she didn’t give him money. She wrote that she urged the mother to seek have him hospitalized again. Instead, police said, the woman gave her son $5,000.

Houser kept writing on right-wing extremist message boards after leaving Alabama. He praised Adolf Hitler and advised people not to underestimate “the power of the lone wolf,” according to the Southern Poverty Law Center, the hate-group watchdog that tracked Houser since 2005, when he registered to meet with former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke.

]]>http://houston.cbslocal.com/2015/07/27/trump-movie-theater-shooting/feed/0Sunshine Kids 7-26-15http://houston.cbslocal.com/2015/07/26/sunshine-kids-7-26-15/
http://houston.cbslocal.com/2015/07/26/sunshine-kids-7-26-15/#commentsMon, 27 Jul 2015 00:18:36 +0000bgehryhttp://houston.cbslocal.com/?p=318123Chad Pitt from MIX 96-5 talks with Bob Ibach from The Sunshine Kids about Craig Biggio’s Hall of Fame induction. They reflect on Biggio’s incredible career in baseball and his extensive work in the Houston community as one of the most public supporters of the foundation. Be sure to listen for how to get limited edition Craig Biggio memorabilia, from which the proceeds are donated to the Sunshine Kids.]]>

Chad Pitt from MIX 96-5 talks with Bob Ibach from The Sunshine Kids about Craig Biggio’s Hall of Fame induction. They reflect on Biggio’s incredible career in baseball and his extensive work in the Houston community as one of the most public supporters of the foundation. Be sure to listen for how to get limited edition Craig Biggio memorabilia, from which the proceeds are donated to the Sunshine Kids.

]]>http://houston.cbslocal.com/2015/07/26/sunshine-kids-7-26-15/feed/0Houston Sail & Power Squadron 7-26-15http://houston.cbslocal.com/2015/07/26/houston-sail-power-squadron-7-26-15/
http://houston.cbslocal.com/2015/07/26/houston-sail-power-squadron-7-26-15/#commentsMon, 27 Jul 2015 00:05:39 +0000bgehryhttp://houston.cbslocal.com/?p=318120Sarah E! from MIX 96-5 sits down with Rick Fisher of the Houston Sail and Power Squadron to talk about their upcoming boat seminars. Boat owners headed to the water for another summer of fun are urged to reserve at least one day in July or August to bone up on ways to improve their skills and have more fun. Houston Sail and Power Squadron has scheduled a series of boating seminars at locations in Bellaire, Magnolia, Montgomery and the Lake Conroe area. For more information on the Houston squadron’s schedule and to sign up, go to uspshouston.org, and click on the “Seminars” button. Included also is information on fees covering instruction, signup deadlines and optional student materials.]]>

Sarah E! from MIX 96-5 sits down with Rick Fisher of the Houston Sail and Power Squadron to talk about their upcoming boat seminars. Boat owners headed to the water for another summer of fun are urged to reserve at least one day in July or August to bone up on ways to improve their skills and have more fun. Houston Sail and Power Squadron has scheduled a series of boating seminars at locations in Bellaire, Magnolia, Montgomery and the Lake Conroe area. For more information on the Houston squadron’s schedule and to sign up, go to uspshouston.org, and click on the “Seminars” button. Included also is information on fees covering instruction, signup deadlines and optional student materials.

]]>http://houston.cbslocal.com/2015/07/26/houston-sail-power-squadron-7-26-15/feed/0Small Business Administration 7-26-15http://houston.cbslocal.com/2015/07/26/small-business-administration-7-26-15/
http://houston.cbslocal.com/2015/07/26/small-business-administration-7-26-15/#commentsSun, 26 Jul 2015 23:58:37 +0000bgehryhttp://houston.cbslocal.com/?p=318117Laura Reynolds talks with Sirdon Navarro from the Small Business Administration about assistance they’re offering to victims of the flood on Memorial Day. They get into who qualifies, as well as go over the process of taking advantage of the services the SBA offers.]]>

Laura Reynolds talks with Sirdon Navarro from the Small Business Administration about assistance they’re offering to victims of the flood on Memorial Day. They get into who qualifies, as well as go over the process of taking advantage of the services the SBA offers.

]]>http://houston.cbslocal.com/2015/07/26/small-business-administration-7-26-15/feed/0Kroger Backpack Boosters 7-26-15http://houston.cbslocal.com/2015/07/26/kroger-backpack-boosters-7-26-15/
http://houston.cbslocal.com/2015/07/26/kroger-backpack-boosters-7-26-15/#commentsSun, 26 Jul 2015 23:39:16 +0000bgehryhttp://houston.cbslocal.com/?p=318114The HOT Morning Show talks with Joy Partain from Kroger about their Backpack Boosters drive running from July 29-August 16. Backpack Boosters benefits underprivileged school children by giving them the supplies they need for class. They discuss the program’s mission and how it got started. Stop by any Kroger store to donate.]]>

The HOT Morning Show talks with Joy Partain from Kroger about their Backpack Boosters drive running from July 29-August 16. Backpack Boosters benefits underprivileged school children by giving them the supplies they need for class. They discuss the program’s mission and how it got started. Stop by any Kroger store to donate.

]]>http://houston.cbslocal.com/2015/07/24/the-best-of-the-b-straw-pauly-g-show-game-night/feed/0Office That Tracks Hate Groups Knew Of Louisiana Movie Theater Shooterhttp://houston.cbslocal.com/2015/07/24/office-that-tracks-hate-groups-knew-of-louisiana-movie-theater-shooter/
http://houston.cbslocal.com/2015/07/24/office-that-tracks-hate-groups-knew-of-louisiana-movie-theater-shooter/#commentsFri, 24 Jul 2015 21:06:07 +0000meaghancorzinehttp://houston.cbslocal.com/?p=318004The Southern Poverty Law Center, which tracks hate groups, said it has had John Russell Houser's name in its files since 2005, when he registered at former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke's European-American Unity and Rights Organization conference.]]>LAFAYETTE, La. (CBS Houston/AP) — The Southern Poverty Law Center, which tracks hate groups, said it has had John Russell Houser’s name in its files since 2005, when he registered at former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke’s European-American Unity and Rights Organization conference.

In online forums, Houser wrote of the “power of the lone wolf” and expressed interest in white power groups, anti-Semitic ideas and the anti-gay Westboro Baptist Church, which protests soldiers’ funerals, the center said.

“Hitler is loved for the results of his pragmatism,” Houser wrote in January on the website stateofmind13.com. “There is no question of his being the most successful that ever lived. At this time the US is no more than a financially failing filth farm. Soon the phrase ‘ruling with an iron hand’ will be palatable anew.”

In another post on the Golden Dawn website, he said: “It is a shame Tim McVeigh is not going to be with us to enjoy the hilarity of turning the tables with an IRON HAND.”

Authorities say Houser opened fire inside a movie theater on Thursday night, killing two people and wounding nine others before he killed himself.

Authorities say there were about 300 people at the movie theater at the time of the shooting and 25 tickets were sold for “Trainwreck,” the movie where the shooting took place.

Police say the gunman had one additional magazine for his handgun.

]]>http://houston.cbslocal.com/2015/07/24/office-that-tracks-hate-groups-knew-of-louisiana-movie-theater-shooter/feed/0Jindal: Teacher Saves Friend’s Life By Jumping Over Her During Deadly Movie Theater Shootinghttp://houston.cbslocal.com/2015/07/24/jindal-movie-theater-shooting/
http://houston.cbslocal.com/2015/07/24/jindal-movie-theater-shooting/#commentsFri, 24 Jul 2015 12:45:05 +0000Matt Higginshttp://houston.cbslocal.com/?p=317921A gunman sitting in a packed movie theater stood up about 20 minutes into the showing of "Trainwreck" and began firing into the crowd, killing two and wounding at least nine others before fatally shooting himself, authorities said.]]>LAFAYETTE, La. (CBS Houston/AP) — A gunman sitting in a packed movie theater stood up about 20 minutes into the showing of “Trainwreck” and began firing into the crowd, killing two and wounding at least nine others before fatally shooting himself, authorities said.

The gunman initially tried escaping Thursday night by blending into the fleeing crowd, but turned back when he saw police heading inside from the parking lot, authorities said. Officers tailing him back into the theater then heard a single gunshot and found him dead inside, police said.

Lafayette police have identified the gunman as John Russell, who previously lived in Alabama and was “kind of a drifter.” Lafayette Police Chief Jim Craft said the gunman was by himself and started the rampage by shooting the two people sitting in front of him.

“We look to the left and it’s the shooter just standing up just shooting at the whole crowd,” Lucas Knepper told CBS News. ” … He was, like, 6-7 seats down from us. … He just looked like a common guy off the streets, good looking guy, just normal … (with) white hair white facial hair. And said nothing.”

At least one theatergoer described the attack, saying an older man stood up about 20 minutes into the 7:10 p.m. showing of the movie “Trainwreck” at the Grand 16 theater in Lafayette and began shooting.

“We heard a loud pop we thought was a firecracker,” Katie Domingue told The Advertiser.

“He wasn’t saying anything. I didn’t hear anybody screaming either,” said Domingue, who added that she heard about six shots before she and her fiance ran to the nearest exit, leaving behind her shoes and purse.

KLFY-TV reports authorities say the shooting appears to be random.

Stories of heroism immediately began to emerge with presidential hopeful Gov. Bobby Jindal, who traveled to the scene within hours of the shooting, telling reporters that a teacher who was in the theater jumped in front of a second teacher, saving her life. The second teacher then managed to pull a fire alarm to alert other moviegoers, he said.

“Her friend literally jumped over her and, by her account, actually saved her life,” Jindal said.

President Barack Obama was briefed on the shooting aboard Air Force One by Lisa Monaco, his homeland security adviser, while on his way to Africa for a two-nation visit, the White House said.

Obama asked his team to keep him updated on the investigation and the status of those wounded. He also offered his thoughts and prayers to the community and to the families of those killed.

The shooting took place a week after the man who shot and killed 12 people at a movie theater in Aurora, Colo., was convicted and on the very day a jury said his attack was cruel enough to consider sentencing him to death.

Nine people ranging in age from their late teens to their late 60s were wounded, Craft said. At least one of those was in critical condition and being operated on at an area hospital, he said. The conditions of the others were not immediately known.

Craft said at a news conference that police know who the gunman is, and that he had a criminal history, but they are not immediately releasing his name. State police superintendent Col. Michael D. Edmonson said the body of the shooter and “at least one other person” were still inside the theater. He said there were about 100 people inside the theater at the time of the shooting.

Early Friday, about a dozen law enforcement personnel were gathered at a Motel 6 in Lafayette. Louisiana State Police spokesman Maj. Doug Cain said the investigation led them to a room at the Motel 6. Authorities were investigating whether the shooter had stayed there, Cain said. He said the bomb squad swept the room before going in as a precaution.

About a dozen police personnel could be seen outside the motel. At one point, an officer carried out a cardboard box from the room and other officers could be seen knocking on neighboring doors.

Edmonson added that police believe the gunman fired shots only at the theater and had not waged an attack anywhere else beforehand. However, authorities said they were not releasing his name immediately in part so police could safely track down and interview friends or family who knew the shooter.

“We have no reason to believe that this individual acted beyond this location here,” Edmonson said.

He said police saw something suspicious inside the shooter’s car and that a bomb-sniffing dog “hit on three different locations” in the vehicle, “so out of an abundance of caution we brought in the bomb squad.”

No explosives were found in the car or in the theater complex.

“Trainwreck” star Amy Schumer sent a tweet: “My heart is broken and all my thoughts and prayers are with everyone in Louisiana.”

My heart is broken and all my thoughts and prayers are with everyone in Louisiana.

The comedy stars Schumer as a magazine writer who decides to live a life of promiscuity after her father convinces her that monogamy isn’t realistic, but in spite of her best efforts, finds herself falling in love with one of her interview subjects.

Gov. Jindal called the shooting “an awful night for Louisiana.”

“What we can do now is we can pray,” Jindal said. “We can hug these families. We can shower them with love, thoughts and prayers.”

Lafayette is about 60 miles west of the state capital of Baton Rouge. Outside the movie theater complex hours after the shooting, a couple of dozen police cars were still at the scene, which authorities had cordoned off with police tape as onlookers took photos with their cellphones.

A small group of theater employees stood outside the police perimeter. A man who identified himself as a general manager declined to be interviewed: “We would appreciate it if you could give us some space,” he said.

Landry Gbery, 26, of Lafayette, was watching a different movie, “Self/less” at the time of the shooting when the lights came up and a voice over the intercom told everyone there was an emergency and they needed to leave.

Gbery said he never heard gunshots, and assumed the emergency was a fire until he got outside and saw a woman lying on the ground.

“I was really anxious for everybody at that point,” Gbery said. “Fortunately I was lucky. I took the right exit.”

Tanya Clark was at the concession stand in the lobby when she saw people screaming and running past her. She said she immediately grabbed her 5-year-old daughter and ran.

“In that moment, you don’t think about anything,” Clark, 36, told The New York Times. “That’s when you realize that your wallet and phone are not important.”

Clark’s son Robert Martinez said he saw an older woman run past with blood streaming down her leg, and screaming that someone had shot her.

The Louisiana shooting occurred three years after James Holmes entered a crowded movie theater in suburban Denver and opened fire during the premier of a Batman film, killing 12 people and wounding 70 others.

A jury last week quickly convicted Holmes on 165 counts of murder, attempted murder and other charges, rejecting defense arguments that he was insane and suffering delusions that drove him to the July 20, 2012, attack.

]]>http://houston.cbslocal.com/2015/07/24/jindal-movie-theater-shooting/feed/0Trump: I Put Myself In ‘Great Danger’ Going To Borderhttp://houston.cbslocal.com/2015/07/24/trump-i-put-myself-in-great-danger-going-to-border/
http://houston.cbslocal.com/2015/07/24/trump-i-put-myself-in-great-danger-going-to-border/#commentsFri, 24 Jul 2015 11:53:27 +0000Matt Higginshttp://houston.cbslocal.com/?p=317924Trump, a businessman and reality TV host, set up a dramatic scene in advance of his own campaign trip, telling the mob of reporters who greeted him at the airport that he was putting himself in "great danger" by coming to the border area across from the volatile Mexican city of Nuevo Laredo. ]]>LAREDO, Texas (CBS Houston/AP) — Ever sure of himself, Donald Trump paid a whirlwind visit to the Mexico border Thursday and predicted Hispanics would love him — “they already do” — because as president he’d grab jobs back from overseas and give more opportunity to those who live in the U.S. legally.

“There’s great danger with the illegals,” the Republican presidential contender told reporters. But he claimed a “great relationship” with Hispanics, even as Latino leaders have come at him with blistering criticism for his painting Mexican immigrants as criminals.

“I’ll take jobs back from China, I’ll take jobs back from Japan,” Trump said. “The Hispanics are going to get those jobs, and they’re going to love Trump.”

The in-and-out border visit came as Trump continued to dominate attention in the GOP presidential race, to the growing exasperation of his rivals. Campaigning in Gorham, New Hampshire, Jeb Bush offered a distinctly different message in the immigration debate — and spoke partly in Spanish.

“A Republican will never be elected president of the United States again unless we campaign like this,” Bush said, gesturing with open arms.

“Unless we campaign openly — where we campaign in every nook and cranny of this country, where we go campaign in the Latino communities, fast-growing communities all across this country that will make a difference in who the next president is going to be.”

Trump, a businessman and reality TV host, set up a dramatic scene in advance of his own campaign trip, telling the mob of reporters who greeted him at the airport that he was putting himself in “great danger” by coming to the border area across from the volatile Mexican city of Nuevo Laredo. But, he said, “I have to do it. I have to do it.”

Trump, who arrived wearing a “Make America Great Again” baseball cap, spent nearly an hour touring the World Trade Bridge with the city’s mayor and manager, according to his campaign, before holding a news conference at the border crossing.

As he spoke to reporters with his back to the Rio Grande, a huge stream of transport trucks inched peacefully from the Mexican side onto the World Trade Bridge and into Texas at a bustling commercial hub routinely visited by officials. Trump traveled in a massive police-escorted motorcade on roads closed for his entourage.

A local border patrol union pulled out of events involving him. Patrol agents had planned to accompany Trump to the border and hold a meeting with him but canceled after consultations with their national union, the National Border Patrol Council, said Hector Garza, president of Local 2455.

Trump stepped off his plane in Laredo and said the union members backed out because they were “petrified and they’re afraid of saying what’s happening” at the border. Dozens of people were on hand, a mix of protesters and supporters.

Some chanted “fuera,” telling him to get out; a supporter waved a sign, “no era insulto,” meaning his remarks about immigrants that touched off a feud with Republican rivals were not an insult.

Trump’s visit ended with a bizarre appearance in front of several dozen law enforcement officers, including some from U.S. Border Patrol. He left after less than four minutes after losing patience with a reporter’s question.

On his claim about repatriating jobs, Trump has offered few specifics on the economic policies he would pursue if elected president. In his announcement speech last month, he called for rebuilding the nation’s infrastructure and renegotiating foreign trade deals but did not say how he would seek to recast those agreements.

In recent years, he’s called for a hefty tax on imports, criticized North American and South Korean trade deals and said Ford should be penalized for expanding operations in Mexico. Yet, paradoxically, he’s praised globalization for tearing down barriers to international markets.

His visit drew strong reaction from some residents of Laredo, which has an overwhelmingly Hispanic population.

The visit amounted to nothing more than a publicity stunt, said Laredo resident Jesus Ochoa, 25, who traveled to the airport to protest Trump’s visit. Ochoa, who was born and raised in the border city, said he found Trump’s comments on undocumented immigrants deeply offensive and said Trump didn’t know what he was talking about.

“He spent a little more than an hour here and he didn’t really get to know anything about this city,” he said. “In the end, he got broadcast on all the major television news reports and I think that’s all he was looking for.”

But Karina Villalba, 26, waited for Trump at the airport and held a sign saying “I heard your speech & I am NOT offended.” A Hispanic oil-field worker, she said she appreciates Trump’s in-your-face tone. “Sometimes honesty hurts,” she said.

Mexico’s secretary of state, Jose Antonio Meade Kuribrena, told the San Francisco Chronicle that Trump’s views “have no place in politics.” They are “colored by prejudice, racism — or just plain ignorance,” he said.

Trump roiled the presidential race weeks ago when he branded Mexican immigrants rapists and criminals, sparking a feud with his GOP rivals that intensified after his dismissive comments about Arizona Sen. John McCain’s military service in the Vietnam War.

From party heavyweights like former Florida Gov. Bush to relative newcomers to the national scene like Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, Trump’s rivals face his tactics of calling out his critics by name, vilifying the GOP establishment and injecting inflammatory rhetoric into the immigration debate.

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., told MSNBC on Thursday, “I think he’s sort of a political car wreck where people slow down and watch.”

A recent Washington Post-ABC News poll found Trump with a commanding lead among Republican presidential candidates at 24 percent.

Former sports agent and current writer for Football Post and CBS sports Joel Corry joined the Road Trip tonight.

Corry said that Brian Cushing is at a cross-roads with the Houston Texans.

]]>http://houston.cbslocal.com/2015/07/23/road-trip-joel-corry-cushing-hasnt-been-the-same-since-2012/feed/0Hispanics Love Me, Donald Trump Declares At Mexican Borderhttp://houston.cbslocal.com/2015/07/23/hispanic-love-me-donald-trump-declares-at-mexican-border/
http://houston.cbslocal.com/2015/07/23/hispanic-love-me-donald-trump-declares-at-mexican-border/#commentsThu, 23 Jul 2015 21:39:10 +0000meaghancorzinehttp://houston.cbslocal.com/?p=317874Ever sure of himself, Donald Trump paid a visit to the Mexico border Thursday and predicted Hispanics would love him — "they already do" — because as president he'd grab jobs back from overseas and give more opportunity to those who live in the U.S. legally.]]>LAREDO, Texas (AP) — Ever sure of himself, Donald Trump paid a visit to the Mexico border Thursday and predicted Hispanics would love him — “they already do” — because as president he’d grab jobs back from overseas and give more opportunity to those who live in the U.S. legally.

“There’s great danger with the illegals,” the Republican presidential contender told reporters. But he claimed a “great relationship” with Hispanics, even as Latino leaders have come at him with blistering criticism for his painting Mexican immigrants as criminals.

“I’ll take jobs back from China, I’ll take jobs back from Japan,” Trump said. “The Hispanics are going to get those jobs, and they’re going to love Trump.”

The in-and-out border visit came as Trump continued to dominate attention in the GOP presidential race, to the growing exasperation of his rivals. Campaigning in Gorham, New Hampshire, Jeb Bush offered a distinctly different message in the immigration debate — and spoke partly in Spanish.

“A Republican will never be elected president of the United States again unless we campaign like this,” Bush said, gesturing with open arms.

“Unless we campaign openly — where we campaign in every nook and cranny of this country, where we go campaign in the Latino communities, fast-growing communities all across this country that will make a difference in who the next president is going to be.”

Trump, a businessman and reality TV host, set up a dramatic scene in advance of his own campaign trip, saying he was putting himself in “great danger” by coming to the border area across from the volatile Mexican city of Nuevo Laredo. But, he said, “I have to do it. I have to do it.”

As he spoke to reporters with his back to the out-of-sight Rio Grande, a huge stream of transport trucks inched peacefully from the Mexican side onto the World Trade Bridge and into Texas at a bustling commercial hub routinely visited by officials. Trump traveled in a massive police-escorted motorcade on roads closed for his entourage.

A local border patrol union pulled out of events involving him. Patrol agents had planned to accompany Trump to the border and hold a meeting with him but canceled after consultations with their national union, the National Border Patrol Council, said Hector Garza, president of Local 2455.

Trump stepped off his plane in Laredo and said the union members backed out because they were “petrified and they’re afraid of saying what’s happening” at the border. Dozens of people were on hand, a mix of protesters and supporters.

Some chanted “fuera,” telling him to get out; a supporter waved a sign, “no era insulto,” meaning his remarks about immigrants that touched off a feud with Republican rivals were not an insult.

On his claim about repatriating jobs, Trump has offered few specifics on the economic policies he would pursue if elected president. In his announcement speech last month, he called for rebuilding the nation’s infrastructure and renegotiating foreign trade deals but did not say how he would seek to recast those agreements.

In recent years, he’s called for a hefty tax on imports, criticized North American and South Korean trade deals and said Ford should be penalized for expanding operations in Mexico. Yet, paradoxically, he’s praised globalization for tearing down barriers to international markets.

His visit drew strong reaction from some residents of Laredo, which has an overwhelmingly Hispanic population.

Pedro Omar Castillo, 72, suggested that Trump needs the growing Hispanic vote to be successful in 2016. “But he’s not going to get it because of his words,” Castillo said in Spanish as he walked through a downtown park. “He is a racist.”

But Karina Villalba, 26, waited for Trump at the airport and held a sign saying “I heard your speech & I am NOT offended.” A Hispanic oil-field worker, she said she appreciates Trump’s in-your-face tone. “Sometimes honesty hurts,” she said.

Mexico’s secretary of state, Jose Antonio Meade Kuribrena, told the San Francisco Chronicle that Trump’s views “have no place in politics.” They are “colored by prejudice, racism — or just plain ignorance,” he said.

Trump roiled the presidential race weeks ago when he branded Mexican immigrants rapists and criminals, sparking a feud with his GOP rivals that intensified after his dismissive comments about Arizona Sen. John McCain’s military service in the Vietnam War.

From party heavyweights like former Florida Gov. Bush to relative newcomers to the national scene like Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, Trump’s rivals face his tactics of calling out his critics by name, vilifying the GOP establishment and injecting inflammatory rhetoric into the immigration debate.

In Washington on Wednesday, former Texas Gov. Rick Perry denounced Trump’s campaign as a “cancer on conservatism” and a “barking carnival act” in a speech that defined “Trumpism” as “a toxic mix of demagoguery, mean-spiritedness and nonsense that will lead the Republican Party to perdition if pursued.”

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., told MSNBC on Thursday: “I think he’s sort of a political car wreck where people slow down and watch.”

Associated Press writers Calvin Woodward and Alicia A. Caldwell in Washington and Kathleen Ronayne in Gorham, New Hampshire, contributed to this report.

Copyright 2015 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

]]>http://houston.cbslocal.com/2015/07/23/hispanic-love-me-donald-trump-declares-at-mexican-border/feed/0Watch The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 Trailerhttp://houston.cbslocal.com/2015/07/23/watch-the-hunger-games-mockingjay-part-2-trailer/
http://houston.cbslocal.com/2015/07/23/watch-the-hunger-games-mockingjay-part-2-trailer/#commentsThu, 23 Jul 2015 20:48:07 +0000cbskaposthttp://houston.cbslocal.com/?p=317867Jennifer Lawrence's Katniss Everdeen prepares for the final chapter of The Hunger Games series in today's trailer titled "We March Together."]]>By Radio.com Staff

Jennifer Lawrence‘s Katniss Everdeen prepares for the final chapter of The Hunger Games series in today’s trailer titled “We March Together.”

According to the official synopsis Katniss is teamed with a group of her closest friends including Gale (Liam Hemsworth), Finnick (Sam Claflin) and Peeta (Josh Hutcherson). Katniss goes off on a mission with the unit from District 13 as they risk their lives to liberate the citizens of Panem, and stage an assassination attempt on President Snow (Donald Sutherland).

]]>http://houston.cbslocal.com/2015/07/23/watch-the-hunger-games-mockingjay-part-2-trailer/feed/0Trump: Border Patrol Union Backed Out Because They Were ‘Petrified’ To Say What’s Happening At Borderhttp://houston.cbslocal.com/2015/07/23/border-patrol-union-backs-out-of-meeting-with-trump/
http://houston.cbslocal.com/2015/07/23/border-patrol-union-backs-out-of-meeting-with-trump/#commentsThu, 23 Jul 2015 19:05:40 +0000Matt Higginshttp://houston.cbslocal.com/?p=317803A local border patrol union pulled out of events involving Donald Trump on Thursday as the Republican presidential contender charged ahead with his visit at the Mexican border to highlight his hardline stance on illegal immigration.]]>SAN ANTONIO (CBS Houston/AP) — A local border patrol union pulled out of events involving Donald Trump on Thursday as the Republican presidential contender charged ahead with his visit at the Mexican border to highlight his hardline stance on illegal immigration.

Patrol agents had planned to accompany Trump to the border and hold a meeting with him but canceled after consultations with their national union, the National Border Patrol Council, said Hector Garza, president of Local 2455.

Trump stepped off his plane in Laredo and said the union members backed out because they were “petrified and they’re afraid of saying what’s happening” at the border. Dozens of people were on hand, a mix of protesters and supporters.

Some chanted “fuera,” telling him to get out; a supporter waved a sign, “no era insulto,” meaning his remarks about immigrants that touched off a feud with Republican rivals were not an insult.

The businessman and reality TV host planned multiple appearances in Laredo, including an afternoon news conference.

Garza said the union opted out of the Trump visit “after careful consideration of all the factors involved in this event and communicating with members of the National Border Patrol Council.” He said agents had intended to give Trump and the accompanying press a “boots-on-the-ground perspective” at the border.

Trump’s visit placed him a short distance from the volatile Mexican border city of Nuevo Laredo, and he said he was told he could be exposed to “great danger.”

However, lawmakers and other well-known officials routinely visit the area and tour border facilities at the country’s busiest inland port.

His visit drew strong reaction from some residents of Laredo, which has an overwhelmingly Hispanic population.

Pedro Omar Castillo, 72, suggested that Trump needs the growing Hispanic vote to be successful in 2016. “But he’s not going to get it because of his words,” Castillo said in Spanish as he walked through a downtown park. “He is a racist.”

But Karina Villalba, 26, waited for Trump at the airport and held a sign saying “I heard your speech & I am NOT offended.”

A Hispanic oil-field worker, she said she appreciates Trump’s in-your-face tone. “Sometimes honesty hurts,” she said.

Trump roiled the presidential race weeks ago when he branded Mexican immigrants rapists and criminals, sparking a feud with his GOP rivals that intensified after his dismissive comments about Arizona Sen. John McCain’s military service in the Vietnam War.

From party heavyweights like former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush to relative newcomers to the national scene like Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker. Trump’s rivals face his tactics of calling out his critics by name, vilifying the GOP establishment and injecting inflammatory rhetoric into the immigration debate.

In Washington on Wednesday, former Texas Gov. Rick Perry was asked about Trump’s trip to Laredo. He snapped, “I hope he can find the border because I’m not sure he’s ever been there before.”

That was after Perry, a GOP presidential contender, denounced Trump’s campaign as a “cancer on conservatism” and a “barking carnival act” in a speech that defined “Trumpism” as “a toxic mix of demagoguery, mean-spiritedness and nonsense that will lead the Republican Party to perdition if pursued.”

Indeed, the insults flying between Trump and his rivals have been caustic. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said Thursday, “The only way we’re going to be able to lose the election is continue to say things likeDonald Trump is saying.”

“I think he’s sort of a political car wreck where people slow down and watch,” Graham told MSNBC.

Others in the GOP field have been more measured, though showing signs of growing exasperation. Bush, in particular, has conspicuously tried to avoid alienating Trump’s supporters — “good people” with “legitimate concerns” — even while branding Trump’s rhetoric as “ugly” and “mean-spirited.”

The feud is unfolding as the candidates head into a presidential election in which Hispanic voters will play a critical role, particularly in swing states like Nevada, Colorado and Florida.

“If Hispanic Americans perceive that a GOP nominee or candidate does not want them in the United States, they will not pay attention to our next sentence,” reads a Republican National Committee report released after the 2012 election, citing the need to embrace Hispanic voters. “It does not matter what we say about education, jobs or the economy; if Hispanics think we do not want them here, they will close their ears to our policies.”

Yet Trump, who has become a dominant force in the 2016 contest, has clearly stated, over and over again, that Mexican immigrants are unwelcome.

“The Mexican government is forcing their most unwanted people into the United States,” and “criminals, drug dealers, rapists” are among them, he said in a recent statement that also declared “great respect for Mexico.”

A recent Washington Post-ABC News poll find Trump with a commanding lead at 24 percent.

]]>http://houston.cbslocal.com/2015/07/23/border-patrol-union-backs-out-of-meeting-with-trump/feed/0‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Actor Jesse Williams Voices Frustrations On Race, Policing In 24 Tweetshttp://houston.cbslocal.com/2015/07/23/greys-anatomy-actor-jesse-williams-voices-frustrations-on-race-policing-in-24-tweets/
http://houston.cbslocal.com/2015/07/23/greys-anatomy-actor-jesse-williams-voices-frustrations-on-race-policing-in-24-tweets/#commentsThu, 23 Jul 2015 15:04:23 +0000meaghancorzinehttp://houston.cbslocal.com/?p=317783Actor Jesse Williams, most well known for his role on "Grey's Anatomy," took to Twitter Wednesday evening to voice his frustrations over the double standard of policing in America.]]>DALLAS (CBS Houston)– Actor Jesse Williams, well known for his role on “Grey’s Anatomy,” took to Twitter Wednesday evening to voice his frustrations over the double standard of policing in America.

His take on race and policing comes amid a woman’s death in a Texas jail, which has raised suspicions about the official conclusion that she hanged herself. Sandra Bland was arrested July 10 and found dead three days later. A medical examiner ruled her death a suicide by hanging, but friends and family dispute the finding as Texas Rangers and the FBI continue to investigate the case.

In 24 tweets, Williams argues that the story of Bland sheds light on a bigger issue: the double standard of policing in America and how some are encouraged to exercise their rights, while others are not.

“A select segment of Americans are granted the privilege of being able to resist said tyranny, scream at it, punch, shove or elude it/ For membership consideration, this club has ONE requirement: the citizen(s) resisting police/the law/status quo must be white,” his tweets read in part.

1 Some thoughts on #SandraBland & millions of Americans exhausted by paid servants destroying instead of defending lives. And those

A county sheriff said Wednesday that Bland told a guard during the booking process that she had tried to kill herself in the past. The attorney representing Bland’s family said relatives had no evidence of the woman ever attempting suicide or being treated for depression.

]]>http://houston.cbslocal.com/2015/07/23/greys-anatomy-actor-jesse-williams-voices-frustrations-on-race-policing-in-24-tweets/feed/1Sandra Bland Voicemail: ‘I’m Just Still At A Loss For Words About This Whole Process’http://houston.cbslocal.com/2015/07/23/sandra-bland-voicemail/
http://houston.cbslocal.com/2015/07/23/sandra-bland-voicemail/#commentsThu, 23 Jul 2015 14:47:52 +0000Matt Higginshttp://houston.cbslocal.com/?p=317784KTRK-TV released a voicemail that Sandra Bland left a friend, LaVaughn Mosley, while in jail in which she expressed disbelief at her circumstances.]]>DALLAS (CBS Houston/AP) — A woman whose death in a Texas jail has raised suspicions about the official conclusion that she hanged herself told a guard during the booking process that she had tried to kill herself in the past, according to the county sheriff.

Waller County Sheriff Glenn Smith said Wednesday that two jailers interviewed Sandra Bland after her arrest. He said the 28-year-old black woman from Illinois told the second interviewer that she was not depressed but was upset about her arrest, which occurred following a confrontation with a white officer who stopped her for a minor traffic violation.

The sheriff said both jailers who spoke with Bland insisted that she appeared fine when being booked on a charge of assaulting a public servant.

The attorney representing Bland’s family, Cannon Lambert, said relatives had no evidence that she ever attempted suicide or had been treated for depression.

Documents filled out for Bland indicate she had previously attempted suicide after losing a baby. But the booking papers released Wednesday also indicate Bland did not have suicidal thoughts at the time of her arrest and that neither the arresting officer nor anyone else at the jail believed she was at risk.

The documents also contain discrepancies.

One questionnaire says Bland took pills in 2015 in an attempt to kill herself after losing the baby. A separate form filled out by another jail employee says the suicide attempt occurred in 2014. One form indicates Bland had suicidal thoughts within the past year, another says that’s not the case.

Bland was arrested July 10 and was found dead three days later. A medical examiner has ruled her death suicide by hanging. Her family and friends dispute the finding. Texas Rangers and the FBI are investigating. An autopsy conducted by the Harris County medical examiner has been completed and given to Waller County, where officials have not said when it will be released.

Late Wednesday, Waller County District Attorney Elton Mathis told CNN that his office had received an “initial report” from the medical examiner’s office that Bland had marijuana in her system, though he said further toxicology reports are pending. When asked about news reports that autopsy results also show evidence of self-harm, Mathis told CNN he’d been informed it was the “opinion of the medical examiner” that Bland had what appeared to be “cutting scars on the arm.”

A legal assistant for Mathis didn’t return a message from The Associated Press seeking further comment.

The suicide questionnaire also notes that Bland told jailers she had epilepsy and was taking medication for it. But in another document, this one to be filled out by the inmate and signed by Bland, “no” is circled by the question asking if she’s currently on any medication. In a third document, it is checked “yes” that she’s taking medication.

Lambert said the family had no indication that Bland was ever treated for epilepsy. AP left messages seeking comment from Lambert after the jail forms were released.

It was not immediately clear why the sheriff’s department had not acted earlier to disclose details of Bland’s intake form, whether it was widely shared among jail staff or whether it prompted jail officials to take any special precautions.

Bland’s body was found three days later in her cell. Authorities say she hanged herself using a plastic liner taken from a garbage can.

State Sen. Royce West, who attended a Tuesday meeting with law enforcement and other officials to discuss questions surrounding Bland’s death, said Wednesday that the kind of information disclosed on Bland’s intake form should have prompted jail officials to place Bland on a suicide watch, meaning a face-to-face check on her welfare every 15 minutes instead of the hourly checks normally required.

Bland’s death comes after nearly a year of heightened national scrutiny of police and their dealings with black suspects, especially those who have been killed by officers or die in police custody. It has resonated on social media, with posts questioning the official account and featuring the hashtags #JusticeForSandy and #WhatHappenedToSandyBland.

The sheriff said Wednesday that no one gained access to the cell and contributed to Bland’s death.

Bland’s family has said she was not despondent and was looking forward to starting a new job at her alma mater, Prairie View A&M University.

However, Bland posted a video to her Facebook page in March, saying she was suffering from “a little bit of depression as well as PTSD,” or post-traumatic stress disorder. At least one friend has said she was just venting after a bad day.

Bland’s intake documents were released hours after her family held a news conference in suburban Chicago to discuss the release of a video of her arrest taken from the officer’s dashcam. It shows state trooper Brian Encinia drawing a stun gun and threatening Bland when she refuses to follow his orders.

The roadside encounter swiftly escalated into a shouting confrontation, with the officer holding the weapon and warning Bland, “I will light you up,” for not getting out of her vehicle.

The video posted online Tuesday by the Texas Department of Public Safety shows the trooper stopping Bland for failing to signal a lane change. The conversation turns hostile when the officer asks Bland to put out her cigarette and she asks why she can’t smoke in her own car. The trooper then orders Bland to get out of the vehicle. She refuses, and he tells her she is under arrest.

Further refusals to get out led the trooper to threaten to drag her out. He then pulls out a stun gun and makes the threat about lighting Bland up.

When she finally steps out of the vehicle, the trooper orders her to the side of the road. There, the confrontation continues off-camera, but it is still audible.

Bland can be heard protesting her arrest, repeatedly using expletives and calling the officer a “pussy.” She screams that he’s about to break her wrists and complains that he knocked her head into the ground.

A Houston television station, KTRK-TV, released a voicemail that Bland left a friend, LaVaughn Mosley, while in jail in which she expressed disbelief at her circumstances.

“They got me set at a $5,000 bond. I’m just still at a loss for words about this whole process, how this switching lanes with no signal turned into all of this, I don’t even know,” Bland said in the voicemail.

CBS News has not been able to independently confirm it is Bland’s voice.

In response to questions about gaps and overlaps in the originally posted video, authorities said the footage was not edited or manipulated. Tom Vinger, a spokesman for the Department of Public Safety, said glitches occurred in the recording when it was first uploaded for public viewing, and the department uploaded it again.

The trooper, who has been on the force for just over a year, has been placed on administrative leave for violating unspecified police procedures and the Department of Public Safety’s courtesy policy.

]]>http://houston.cbslocal.com/2015/07/23/sandra-bland-voicemail/feed/0Two Teens Accused Of Stabbing 5 People To Death Inside Oklahoma Homehttp://houston.cbslocal.com/2015/07/23/stabbing-deaths-oklahoma/
http://houston.cbslocal.com/2015/07/23/stabbing-deaths-oklahoma/#commentsThu, 23 Jul 2015 12:59:04 +0000Matt Higginshttp://houston.cbslocal.com/?p=317772Five people were found stabbed to death inside a well-kept suburban Tulsa home and two teenagers related to the victims were taken into custody after a police dog tracked them down.]]>BROKEN ARROW, Okla. (CBS Houston/AP) — Five people were found stabbed to death inside a well-kept suburban Tulsa home and two teenagers related to the victims were taken into custody after a police dog tracked them down.

Police Sgt. Thomas Cooper said officers were summoned to a Broken Arrow subdivision about 11:30 p.m. Wednesday for what he described as an unknown problem. Police found five bodies inside the home, plus a young girl in critical condition and another child who did not appear to be wounded, Cooper said. The unharmed child was transferred to state custody.

Two male relatives aged 16 and 18 were taken into custody after a tracking dog followed their scents, Cooper said.

“It appears that the two suspects fled out the door sometime during our arrival. We had a canine track and they were apprehended,” Cooper said.

KOTV reports the stabbings took place in the 700 block of Magnolia Court.

Broken Arrow is on the Arkansas River just southeast of Tulsa and the home is in a well-established neighborhood surrounded on three sides by the Indian Springs Country Club.

Property records showed the home sold for $245,000 in 2007, and Tulsa County tax records show it was among the larger and most-expensive homes on the block.

Helen Hoagland, who has lived in the subdivision for 42 years, said two parents and five children lived in the home, and said she would sometimes see the mother walking with several children. Hoagland said the children were home schooled and that the mother kept them on a tight leash.

Hoagland said the children used to help decorate the neighborhood’s entrance each Christmas, but that they stopped taking part a few years ago.

“We just have a great neighborhood. That’s just crazy; it’s absolutely crazy,” Hoagland said as she watched police work the crime scene before dawn.

Broken Arrow, a popular Tulsa suburb with a population of about 103,000, doesn’t have many killings, Cooper said.

“We’re a relatively safe area. We don’t experience a lot of homicides,” Cooper told Tulsa television station KJRH. “We average one or two every couple of years, so obviously a crime like this is unprecedented for our area.”

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